The announcement was just a footnote in the papers or ignored since the retirement of 30-year-old Will Middlebrooks is certainly not a moment to clutter up social and print media. Middlebrooks has packed it in with injuries and performance issues that both stalled and eventually finished off his MLB career.
Just how good was Middlebrooks? At one point in his young career, the fifth-round draft choice was the top-ranked Red Sox prospect just like Blake Swihart or Mookie Betts. Middlebrooks was the prospect “real deal” as a right-handed power hitter that the Red Sox historically slobber over.